Light Tubes
Light tube Diagram
Manifolds consist of a large pipe or channel into which one or more smaller channels lead.
- Complex Seamless Structures
- Tight Tolerances & Sharp Corners
- Accurate Surfaces & “Grown-In” Features
- High Purity Low Stress Materials
Optiforms Custom Light Tubes
According to Wikipedia, light tubes (also known as light pipes, tubular skylights or sun tunnels) are structures that transmit or distribute natural or artificial light for the purpose of illumination and are examples of optical waveguides.
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Electroforming Process
The electroforming manufacturing method generates an exact copy via replication in metal (typically nickel) of a master mandrel by a process called electrodeposition. Specific benefits of electroforming are low unit costs, exact atomic scale, repeatability and excellent process control for quality. Often times the design engineer will find electroforming is preferred for many applications requiring a complex true geometric shape form factor, thin walls, and high repeatability.
